The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-05-21
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!. Vs. cnpo.c the pending PROFIT q
lion ava, udmbn'. because il = prop.
o-itiou 10 chance our form # gov
crumcN from irc. republic oi
sovereign aud independent citizens
200 -pcric- OF patcrnali hatoi ul TO
our people. II viii take from the
fiI,n hi mo-t sacred and Inglicnaule
J. ghts and add TO and augment the
power of government and il there
tore aud mucrauc nuj antirepubh-
an.
We oppose This amendment
because it j. -umptuHry aud win ycN
the citizens and interfere with indi.
yiIual liberty.
g. We oppose hi, amendment
because IL j. At var with tho iuuda-
mcuthi principles of AuNo saxon
civilization, aud will destroy that
inalicnablc right of TIE oiulen to
determine tor himself how he shall
pursue b own happiness without
interference with the rights ot other.
which principle is tho basis of our
liberties and the sole hop. for the
pcrpctuity of our Institutions
{. We oppose this amendment
UtNAll~t alH fHlOl NfHlNHN w liA Nlllhll
upon the government the necessity OF
promoting ,ystem OF spies and in
formers detachable to our people and
the enactment OF extreme legislation
OF doubtful OnsitutionGlily, aad
under the sanction of which our
homes may be scar hcd, our property
-eizcd aud our dcarc.t RIGHTS inya.
dcd. TeXa, IAN not nope to escape
these curses, which have invariably
attended similar experiments on other
states.
3. Its adoption will suppress the
general use OF mildcr -timulaniS and
encourage the use of the stronger
drinks, and thus rctard the advance
mcut of genuine temperance. twill
stamp ~ criminal the manufacture OF
wines from our domestic Grape for
family purposes. ana will degrade our
drug stores into dram shops, and
elevate our doctors into autocrGt- OF
our appetites.
Il. Ii viii enable the rich to import
and use their liquors without taxation
or restralt, aud will prohibit only
those of our people who are too poor
to buy their liquor- in Whrokcn
package, and under it, oporatiou the .
saloon will give place 10 the gildcd I
club room tor the rich, while thepoor .
VIII be forced to make their purcha-
es At low dives and in violation Of.
law such class legislation is odiou-
TO our people and contrary to free
Z. II proposes by the prcponderancc
Of majority in certain sections of the
state 10 iastcu by force on other sec
ions theory of moral and ,Ocisl
'onduct and habits di,tasteful and
10 the latter. The varied
interests of the sections in our stat
have been prolific source of care AM
thought In our -latesmanship, and
his amendment, il adopted, wiz en-
gender a hostile public continent in
'erlain lOcalitic- fatal 10 IL enforce.
men, aud thus begct q di-re.pect for
sw and disregard of constitutional
and will produce lasting
nj permanent evil 20 our people aud
end 10 disrupt the tate,
:. II proposes 10 couiisCatc and
lestrOy, without compensation, large
property interests of our people. II
will un-ettle business and impair
roperty value, para We, fora period
I least. the commercial interests OF
urstate, and destroy great industrie,
READY IA operation for The manutac-
ire Of the milder stimulHnts II will
polish TIL source of our public Teyc.
les fully Ono-third and increase to
amount the burden
BON lands and the ueccssarles Of life
ready over-burdened with the ex-
tions Of government.
Q. The Jealous adherents Of this
-ohibition idea have already estab'
he'd and organized third political
irty and have waged relentless war